Antonyms for deteriorate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-teer-ee-uh-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɪər i əˌreɪt

Definition of deteriorate

Origin : 1640s (as a past participle adjective, 1570s), from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse, make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner," contrastive of *deter "bad, lower," from PIE *de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Originally transitive in English; intransitive sense is from 1758. Related: Deteriorated; deteriorating.

verb decay, degenerate

Example sentences :

In contact with the white man the Indian tended to deteriorate.
Extract from : « The Fathers of New England » by Charles M. Andrews

The result is that it is all far from good and likely to deteriorate rather than to improve.
Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

The rations appeared to deteriorate and diminish as the winter advanced.
Extract from : « Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons » by Homer B. Sprague

There is no doubt that she caused Leonora's character to deteriorate.
Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford

These soups do not deteriorate, so may be continually on hand and thus found most convenient.
Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various

If it be what is called hard-pan, the trees will deteriorate.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Health conditions, however, did not deteriorate as the century passed.
Extract from : « Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 » by Thomas P. Hughes

I believe now that a residence in France does not deteriorate an Englishman.
Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith

To go back to the Middle Ages would be to deteriorate and degenerate.
Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill

It is less expensive than rubber hose, and does not deteriorate.
Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson

Synonyms for deteriorate

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